Why Read Maimonides Today? by Steven Nadler
Maimonides (Moshe/Moses ben Maimon, 1138–1204) was not only the dominant rabbinic and Jewish intellectual figure of the later medieval period, but also one of history's greatest philosophers. As the author of the Mishneh Torah (ca. 1180), a compendium and systematization of the Jewish legal code, he remains an unsurpassed (if not uncontroversial) authority on halakha (Jewish law). His philosophical masterpiece, however, is the Guide of the Perplexed (1185-1190), in which he systematically presents his views on theology, metaphysics, cosmology, natural science, epistemology, Scriptural hermeneutics, law and ethics. This accessible and highly readable book introduces the reader to Maimonides' life and thought, and uses a number of enduring and popular philosophical topics – including the problem of evil, freedom of the will, and the relationship between virtue and happiness - to show that he continues to be interesting and relevant to readers today.
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Think Least of Death
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Spinoza
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Heretics!
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Spinoza's 'Ethics'
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The Best of All Possible Worlds
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When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People
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Descartes
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The Oxford Handbook of Descartes and Cartesianism
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Spinoza, Atheist
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Spinoza and Medieval Jewish Philosophy
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The Cambridge Companion to Malebranche
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Spinoza's Heresy
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Menasseh ben Israel
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The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter
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The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy
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Occasionalism
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The Good Cartesian
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The Portraitist
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A Book Forged in Hell
'In this volume, Steven Nadler has provided a lucid and engaging introduction to Maimonides' thought, one that emphasizes the continued relevance of Maimonides to a contemporary readership' Tamar Rudavsky, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University
Steven Nadler is Vilas Research Professor and William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His many publications include Spinoza: A Life (Cambridge, 1999; second edition, 2018).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009304788 |
| Title | Why Read Maimonides Today? |
| Author | Steven Nadler |
| Series | Why Read Them Today |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Number of pages | 200 |
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